I work in a public library, but many of the issues Christine and Susan raised apply to us as well. If we get DVDs in cardboard or slimline cases or, as PBS did with Band of Brothers, a tin (!!!), we have to repackage them into regular DVD cases in order to process, shelf, and circulate them. If we have to do alot of repackaging, it becomes an issue. We may decide to purchase from a third party distributor who does the repackaging for us (which, as I understand it, means the filmmaker gets a much smaller share of the price), or we may decide not to purchase at all.
My two cents worth, Vicki Nesting Assistant Director St. Charles Parish Library Luling, Louisiana --- On Sun, 2/7/10, Chuck Braverman <chuc...@mac.com> wrote: > From: Chuck Braverman <chuc...@mac.com> > Subject: [Videolib] DVD Packaging > To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > Date: Sunday, February 7, 2010, 1:33 AM > We are getting ready to distribute a > new title and I am wondering how important it is now to have > the old fashion plastic singe case DVD. This is the kind you > use to see at Blockbuster on the shelf where the DVD snaps > into the case. Will libraries and schools accept slim line > plastic or paper mailers that are thinner and more > ecological? > Thanks > > > Chuck Braverman > Braverman Productions, Inc. > 3000 Olympic Blvd. > Santa Monica, CA. 90404 > 310-264-4184 > www.BravermanProductions.com > www.thewestdoc.com > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively > discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, > acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of > current and evolving video formats in libraries and related > institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an > effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a > channel of communication between libraries,educational > institutions, and video producers and distributors. > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
